A human-powered relevance engine for Internet startup news
Here’s a fun experiment in crowdsourcing. I’ve been getting overwhelmed by all the startup news coming out of the many sources tracking the interesting ideas and new companies hunting for Internet...
View ArticleTop 5 new business ideas
The month of lists has begun, so I decided to rank the business ideas from the last year that could or should be a big deal in the next year. Most of these ideas and companies have actually been around...
View ArticleThe breakthrough that is MyBlogLog
There’s something very uncomfortable about seeing your face appear on another web site while you’re visiting it. That’s exactly why I think MyBlogLog is going to be a really big deal. I’m looking...
View ArticleMembership has its privileges
Mark Glaser asks his readers this week to submit the answer to the following question: # “What would motivate you to contribute to a citizen media site?” # I can’t imagine that anyone is going to be...
View ArticleA magazine I would love to read
There’s a magazine that I’d love to read if someone published it (yes, the print kind). Of course, it’s about the Internet. It’s about the stack that makes up the Internet, the platform or, as many...
View ArticleFreebase.com is hot
I don’t get a chance to review products often enough these days. But when I heard about Freebase I knew I needed to dive into that one as soon as I was able. # Fortunately, I was invited only yesterday...
View ArticleThe Industry Standard’s next chapter
I see things are unfolding for The Industry Standard’s rebirth at IDG. I’ve heard that their plans may include an interesting twist on how we grok what matters. I’m really pleased this is happening and...
View ArticleAnnouncing baby with Twitter
I get Twitter now. # Until last week it seemed a bit silly to me, perhaps overhyped. But after using it to share updates of my son’s birth with friends and family members distributed across several...
View ArticleBuilding community is hard
Jay Rosen has an interesting post on the failure of AssignmentZero, an effort to build a publicly funded crowdsourced news organization. # Among the many lessons, he keeps coming back to motivation and...
View ArticleGPS device + data feeds + social = awesome service
One of the most interesting market directions in recent months in my mind is the way the concept of a location service is evolving. People are using location as a vector to bring information that...
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